A: I believe you mean Miscanthus sinensis `Gracillimus,' an older but still popular cultivar that is low-maintenance and attractive in today's landscapes. This perennial ornamental has narrow ...

Dense plantings of low grass such as carex can look wave-like as they ripple in the breeze, while tall feathery types like miscanthus just demand to be brushed with your fingertips. If there's an ...

More than 100 years ago, Gertrude Jekyll used them well in the Great Plat at Hestercombe in Somerset, where strategically located clumps of Miscanthus sinensis Gracillimus create a repeated motif ...

Maiden grass (Miscanthus sinensis), grown for its reddish-pink plumes that appear in October, is often incorrectly sold as pampas grass. There are numerous cultivars in the trade, including ...

"The purpose of this farm is to turn grass into cash," he says. Caveny stands in a plot of miscanthus, a perennial grass that by summer's end will grow about 12 feet tall and has the potential to ...

In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources -- by a lot.

A team of investigators have found that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuel sources. Using Miscanthus as a feedstock for ethanol production in the U.S ...

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has been trialed across the United States. Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus) has been studied throughout the European Union. Both show great promise, but until now ...

This week, two UI-owned fields of giant miscanthus are being harvested to supply the UI with another year of partially renewable fuel. Miscanthus is a 12-foot tall bamboo-like grass blended with coal ...

However, after grant aid of more than €4m since 2007, there doesn’t seem to be a significant market outlet for much of their 6,000 acres. In some cases, farmers are wondering if the crop is ...